As time comes to mid-2025, the latest work of College Football series, CFB 26, finally opened the early access entrance on July 7, and will be fully launched on the 10th, three days later.

According to the current game performance and related reviews, compared with 25, NCAA 26 not only corrects the shortcomings in the game, but also adds more new modes and content, further expanding the playability of the game.

It is for this reason that College Football 26 is likely to attract more new players, including those who have never played sports video simulation games.

If you are one of them, in addition to understanding the rules of the game, you should also choose the most suitable difficulty of CFB 26 for you, so as not to be hit the game motivation as a novice when playing the game.

Based on this, we will introduce you to the specific requirements of all difficulty settings in EA CFB 26, as well as the criteria for choosing the difficulty that suits you.

All Difficulty Levels And Their Content In CFB 26

If you’ve played MLB 25, you know that there are 10 difficulty levels in this sports game! Fortunately, CFB 26 is not that complicated, with only 4 difficulty levels for you to choose from, namely Freshman, Varsity, All-American and Heisman.

Although higher difficulty levels mean that you may earn more College Football 26 coins by winning games, it is still recommended to make plans after learning the requirements of each difficulty level in detail.

Freshman

As the name suggests, this difficulty setting is suitable for players who have never played similar games or have no knowledge of American football rules. Otherwise, it will only waste time because it is too simple.

In this difficulty, any offensive and defensive actions of your AI opponents are very predictable, and they will give you enough reaction time to dodge the opponent’s attack or pass the ball to your teammates.

Based on this very tolerant game limit, you can take the opportunity to fully familiarize yourself with all the rules of the game, and test and summarize your own CFB 26 tactics so that you can perform better in other difficulties.

Varsity

Compared to Freshman, your AI opponents will become “smarter” and more difficult to deal with after entering Varsity difficulty, so whether it is offense or defense, you need to utilize preliminary tactics and be more focused.

If you have learned all the gameplay and rules through Freshman, or if you are returning as a player of College Football or Madden series, you can choose this difficulty.

All-American

Starting from this difficulty, your CFB 26 game will become really challenging. You need to stay alert and focused at all times during the game, and constantly think about any actions that your opponent may make next.

In addition, you need to properly upgrade and optimize the tactics you have previously formulated to adapt them to All-American difficulty, otherwise it is likely to cause additional mistakes and cause the game to fail.

Heisman

As the most difficult difficulty, only real hardcore CUT 26 players can handle Heisman. It not only requires you to be familiar with all the content of the game, but also requires you to have some understanding of real football games.

Therefore, it is generally not recommended that you challenge this mode rashly in the short time after you come into contact with the game, because it is likely that your enthusiasm for the game will be hit by frequent failures.

How To Choose The Difficulty That Suits You?

If you are a complete novice, please do not hesitate to choose Freshman. Only it will allow you to slowly explore all the gameplay and rules, unless you find it too simple for you-then it is time to enter Varsity.

In comparison, Varsity will allow you to continue to familiarize yourself with the game in a slightly challenging but overall friendly way, and gradually grow into a qualified CFB 26 player until you can handle All-American level.

Generally, shortly after the game starts, most NCAA 26 players should be at this level for a long time. It can maintain enough challenges and fun for a long time, allowing you to continuously upgrade your tactics and win more victories.

As for when you can experience Heisman, it is difficult to say, because there is no fixed standard. You can only judge it by yourself after countless practice.

It is worth mentioning that there is a Dynamic difficulty level in MLB The Show 25. Its function is to automatically select the most suitable difficulty for your current level based on your performance in the intelligent testing system.

From the perspective of game integrity, EA CFB 26 can also learn from and add similar settings. However, since CFB 26 has far fewer difficulty levels, it is completely feasible to test and choose by yourself.

How To Change The Difficulty?

When you find that you have selected a difficulty level that does not match your game level, or when you have grown to the point where you can enter the next difficulty, you need to change the game difficulty in time.

The specific steps are as follows:

• 1. Find and open the Settings menu.
• 2. Find the Game Options tab.
• 3. Find the Skill Level option.
• 4. Switch and select between the four difficulty options as needed.

Once you have determined the difficulty you want to change, please make sure that all changes you have made are saved and applied before exiting the menu to avoid wasting time.

The above information should be enough to help you experience the primary game mode after completing the difficulty selection of EA Sports College Football 26. I wish you a happy game!